Michael Aringo Onyura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: With those comments, I support the Motion. view
• 8 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. Right from the beginning, I want to say that I have some reservations about supporting this Bill, particularly if the ranking that we are thinking about is done in the way we have been doing in the past. I would have wished to see the framework, and modalities of the way this ranking will be done. I say so because the kind of ranking that we have done in the past has encouraged certain negative practices like cheating. view
• 8 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Gumbo should be patient, and wait for me to finish my contribution and then he will see where I am coming from. I was saying that the sort of ranking that we have had in the past has encouraged cheating and discrimination of weak children. It has also encouraged unnecessary commercialisation of education, particularly in private schools. We know there have been cases where children who are weak are either forced to repeat or transported to nearby schools to enrol. That is discrimination. view
• 8 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: There has been too much obsession from certain schools and teachers on the ranking. This has led to lack of development of other strong points from students, for example development of students with talents. There has been too much emphasis on academics and ignoring the other aspects. I would rather have an all-round student with proper social and life skills rather than have a first class robot. We need to approach this issue of ranking very carefully. I do not know whether ranking is the best practice. I do not know which other countries take this sort of approach to ... view
• 8 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: If there should be any ranking, at least, at this point in time, there should be just two ranks; those who have attained pass mark and those who have not reached the pass mark so that we try to minimise the negative aspects of competition just for the sake of it. view
• 8 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: At this point in time I do not support ranking unless I see the real framework that will show us the proper way of ranking so that even when we are comparing or ranking, we do not compare oranges and apples. They may all be fruits, but there is no way you can rank this. It is most important that people in the education sector work out the modalities and framework before we reintroduce this ranking. view
• 8 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I oppose. view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I rise to support the amendment and the proposal by the Chairperson for the Committee. As we know, water issues are largely devolved to the counties. It is an opportunity for the counties to play a role and more so to have a say in those that are being appointed to sit in the various committees. I support. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the Member for Ugenya has just distracted me. view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to support the position taken by the Chair of the Committee. I am convinced by what she has said that substituting the expression “community schemes” might deny water to a wider section of the population. view